Uncharted: Drake's Fortune treasures

Treasures are collectibles in Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. Finding them will contribute to the 1000 medal points, but also unlock trophies and in-game rewards. They can be found in various nooks and crannies, some ranging from very obvious to locate, to some being very tricky to search for. Treasures are seen by Nathan Drake as periodically blinking lights, most commonly in corners.

There are precisely 61 treasures in the game, but only 60 are needed to acquire the last Treasure Hunter award. After a treasure is acquired, it can be viewed in the "Treasures" menu (When all 61 treasures have been collected, it will read: "Collected 61 of 60 Treasures"), and are selectable and rotatable by using the analog controls. Most treasures are Spanish, Incan, Mayan, or other indigenous Southern American tribe artifacts, with gold and silver variants.

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Treasure Guide

A complete guide for those who wish to locate all needed treasures. This list was accumulated by Eugene Wong, "YYZ" of NeoGAF forums. Warning: This is only for the desperate; if you wish to find all the treasures on your own, do not read. Also, some parts are written in a first person fashion. These will be edited out later after publication.

Chapter 1: Ambushed

No Treasures.

Chapter 2: The Search for El Dorado

In the jungle prior to entering the temple:

1. Silver Mosaic Inca Earring

From the start of the chapter, follow the left side of the river bank until a
fairly large rock is blocking your way. Climb this rock and jump down on the
other side and the treasure should be at Nathan's feet.

2. Jeweled Silver Monkey

This monkey is in the area where you have to push the big rock to break the
ground in order to enter the ruins. Make your way to the first stone that
slips as you walk forward on it. Jump forward to the first pillar, turn left,
and jump to the next pillar. The treasure is around the base of the tree.
Just in case you're still confused, stand where you had to push the rock down
and face the three pillars in the middle of the courtyard. The treasure is on
the right pillar.

Inside the ruined temple:

3. Decorated Gold Ring

This treasure is in the area where you have to shoot a barrel in order to topple a pillar.
The treasure is on the lower side (opposite the barrel and pillar). Face the
barrel and pillar, and move left along the edge, to the side with the wooden
scaffolding. The treasure is in the very corner, between the pillar and the
edge of the gap. It may seem as if you will fall off, but it is safe. It is known that a pirate had discovered Drake's fortune, but suddenly a huge disaster had struck that area. It is also known that a theif wanted to steal the fortune, but he was unsuccesful. Now it has been years, and still no-one has found Drake's fortune. It is also known there are hundreds of treasure chests.

4. Silver Llama

This treasure is found after opening up the floor and filling up the water so
that you can jump in and swim. After getting out of the water, hug the right
wall and follow it into a nook where this treasure can be found.

5. Golden Inca Cup

You can find this one in the room immediately after the dramatic collapsing of
the large wooden platform. After the cutscene, turn around so that you can see
one of those ceramic jars that you can shoot and break. The treasure is behind
this jar and on the body of a skeleton there.

After exiting the Ruined Temple:

6. Silver Turtle

Immediately outside the temple ruins, there are four pillars. Climb up the
shortest one and make your way across the next three. The treasure is on the
last pillar.

Chapter 3: A Surprising Find

Climbing up the cliff, after finding the Nazi Submarine:

7. Gold Tairona Pendant

Midway through climbing up, you'll encounter your first yellow vine with red
leaves on it (this is the third vine you encounter). Instead of swinging across with it, stop its swinging and climb up to the top where this treasure is waiting.

8. Gold and Turquoise Inca Earring

This treasure can be found at the very tip of the German U-boat BEFORE entering
it. Run past the entrance and toward the very tip.

Chapter 4: Plane-wrecked

9. Silver Inca Figurine

At the start of this chapter, turn around and face the giant tree with Nate's
parachute. The treasure is to the right of the base of the tree.

10. Silver Fish Charm

When you first encounter the small waterfall, turn left and head toward the
nook in the rock wall. The treasure is behind the small tropical tree.

11. Gold Frog

When you reach the first log crossing, drop down the ledge to the right of the
log to find this frog.

12. Intricate Gold Ring

After killing the numerous pirates in the large open area, climb up the pillars
and follow the pillar to the end. Jump to the platform (there should be an
exploding barrel here if you haven't shot it yet). The treasure is in the
corner of this platform, near a small boulder.

13. Patterned Silver Ring

In the last section before you jump over the large gated wall, head left and to
the corner where the top of the wall is partially blown out. Climb up onto the
ledge here and grab this treasure.

14. Golden Jaguar

This treasure is in the next area (with pirates) after the previous treasure.
After defeating the pirates, head left (opposite the next area with the large
waterfall) and you'll see a huge white tree. The treasure is in the corner
between the huge white tree and the small white trees.

15. Silver Inca Vessel

This cool-looking treasure is in the little section right before you discover
a section of Sullivan's crashed plane. In this area, you have to jump from
a slanted narrow slab of rock to a slanted log. The treasure is fairly easy
to spot: it is to the right and below the log, in the corner of the rock wall.

16. Golden Toothpick

This one can be found immediately outside the area where Sullivan's plane
is crashed, before encountering the first wooden death trap.

17. Silver Bird Vessel

This treasure is very easy to miss. It is separated from the previous treasure
by a platforming section. Once you finish the platforming section and before
you move onto the next area (containing numerous wooden death traps), head to
the right and to the cliff. Be very careful here because you will fall off
if you move too far from the edge because there is nothing for you to hang onto
here.

18. Silver Inca Earring

After exiting the area with the wooden deathtraps, head forward, but make a
U-turn to the grassy ledge overlooking the area with the wooden deathtraps.
The treasure is lying in the grass here.

Chapter 5: The Fortress

A Precursor Orb from the Jak and Daxter games! This treasure is special
because it's not a part of the in-game treasures list proper although it does
add one to the treasure count. The effect of this is that at the end of the
game, you will have 61/60 treasures if you've found all of them.

This one can be found in the area where you first encounter pirates in this
chapter. After defeating the pirates, go to the wall with the windows directly in front of the door you came in. Now go in between the windows and climb up the bricks until you get to the top, Go all the way to the right and jump to the roof. The "relic" is in the far right corner.

20. Silver Jaguar

This cool cat is not too far from the Strange Relic. After getting the Strange
Relic, run toward the large pile of rubble and stone as shown in the picture.
Find your way over this pile of rock, and head toward the last watchtower
(the structures that look out to the ocean). The treasure will be inside
there.

21. Gold Mosaic Inca Earring

The location of this one is hard to describe because there are
many ways to see it. This treasure is between a large pile of rubble and an
arch-shaped iron gate. You can see where it is if you stand where the Strange
Relic is (see pic for example). After getting the last treasure, head down to
the section where this treasure is (the section before the machine gunner).
You'll have to kill 2 pirates here. Climb over the pile of rubble shown in the
pic and grab the earring.

Inside the waterway:

22. Golden Spoon

This one is very easy to miss. After killing the machine gunner, head up the
waterway and go into the room to the right with the torches. There is one
pirate here guarding the area. The spoon is behind the ammo boxes to the right
of the table (see pic). Walk on top of the box in the corner and pick up the
spoon.

Chapter 6: Unlocking the Past

Once outside the waterway:

23. Silver Inca Mask

When you first enter this area there will be a fight with some pirates. After
you defeat the pirates, head up the stairs and you'll see two very large trees
with white bark. There is one large tree growing right by the stairs, and
the other one is growing on the mossy green ledge. The treasure is behind
the tree growing on the mossy green ledge.

Inside the Fortress walls:

24. Spanish Silver Coin

You can grab this treasure after unlocking the door with the keys and fighting
the swarms of pirates. Head up to the large gate at the far end of where the
gunfight took place. Face the left side (the side with a giant white tree).
There will be a small pile of rocks there. Climb up these rocks and hop over
the ledge for the coin.

25. Silver Tairona Pendant

After going upstairs and defeating all the enemies, you'll have to go down a broken set of stairs from which you won't be able to climb back up. At the bottom of this set of stairs is a small room with some crates and ammo boxes. The treasure is to the right of the small set of stairs.

26. Gold Llama

This next one can be found after defeating the small group of pirates on the
walkway overlooking the courtyard. While making your way to your next
destination, you'll have to do some platforming. The llama is behind the
small green trees and the pile of rubble to the left when you first climb up.

Chapter 9: To the Tower

Leaving the city:

29. Golden Fish Charm

You can find this treasure in the area after getting off the jetski.
Before entering the bluish-looking tunnel at the end of this area (see pic),
head left to a wall where the treasure can be found. It is by the dead pirate
shown in the pic.

Chapter 10: The Customs House

Inside the complex

30. Jeweled Golden Brooch

After sliding down the metal cable, go down to the corner looking at the door
(the one you open to let Elena in) to find the brooch.

31. Silver Belt Buckle

This treasure is after the cutscene where Nate and Elena are looking at the
customs ledger. After killing the lone pirate with the shotgun, head all the
way up the first set of stairs you see (you may want to take out the other
pirates first) and the belt buckle will be lying in the corner.

Chapter 11: Trapped

32. Spanish Gold Coin

After the cutscene showing the boat leaving, you'll face some pirates in the
next area. Head up the staircase that splits in two directions, and take the
right path up to a small section of a broken floor where the treasure is.

33. Silver Spanish Chalice

After crossing the wooden bridge with the little cutscene, the first room with the staircase head down and take a left and a u turn at the knocked over column. The Silver Spanish Chalice will be in the corner next to the green tree.

34. Gold Coatimundi

This coatimundi can be found after leaving the customs house and
heading through a tunnel, up some stairs, into a cavern of sorts. There are two enemies in the room. The treasure can be found behind a pile of
ammo boxes directly across from the entry stairs and under the next set of stairs.

Chapter 12: Heading Upriver

No Treasure.

No Treasure.

Chapter 13: Sanctuary?

35. Golden Turtle

This one is quite easy to miss. You can get it in two ways:
1) After getting off the jetski, jump into the water and swim to the ledge
behind the waterwheel and go behind the waterwheel. The treasure is on the
small ledge against the broken bridge.
2) After defeating the pirates, jump from the bridge near where it's
broken, to the ledge below.

36. Silver Inca Cup

After viewing the cutscene involving the deathtrap being made of the airplane
parts, go under the dilapidated staircase to get this treasure. It is lying on
some rocks in the water, directly underneath the staircase.

37. Jeweled Silver Cross

This one is found in a little room near where you shoot the large pile of exploding barrels.

38. Silver Toothpick

This one can be found to the right of where you first enter this area. You'll
likely need to kill all the enemies before being able to get it. Jump over
the stone railing to get it.

39. Gold Spanish Chalice

Starting from where you first came into this area, go down the ramp and make a
left past the large staircase, all the way to the wall, then turn left again
to the corner where the rubble is.

40. Silver Coatimundi

Another one of these...things. Head through the large tunnel to reach a small
little area where this coatimundi can be found in the corner.

41. Golden Cup and Cover

This is in the room where you have to invert the torches to open the secret
passageway. It is in the section of the room to the right of the main painting
as shown in the pic.

53. Golden Inca Mask

Chapter 16: The Treasure Vault

54. Silver Cup and Cover

These treasures are opposite the way you're supposed to go. To get this first one, follow the right path from where you
first entered the vault. Follow the arrows: V, then ignore II, then follow
IV up the stairs, and then follow I to the end of the path.

55. Jeweled Silver Brooch

This treasure can be had When you reach the second swinging lantern (the
one swinging in front of the IV sign). When you reach the top of the stairs
before the lantern, stop and turn left to face the III sign on the pillar.
Aim yourself diagonally so that you jumps just to the left of the pillar. The
jump should be successful and you can claim your prize at the end of the
drawbridge.

56. Gold Snuff Box

This treasure is hard to get. First, get to the area where there's
a I and VII sign around the rusted iron gate. Go to the part of the railing
beside the broken section and press forward+X to climb over and hang on it.
Now jump backward to the platform where the snuff box is. If you don't want to
die getting off the platform, then do a running jump onto the portruding block
which is underneath the part of the railing you originally jumped from.
See the pics for more details.

Chapter 17: The Heart of the Vault

No Treasure.

Chapter 18: The Bunker

57. Gold Monkey Figurine

To get this treasure, go all the way down the hall where the
first two mutants charge at you, then take a right all the way down the hall,
then turn left and search the pile of rubble for this treasure.

Chapter 19: Unwelcome Guests

58. Golden Seadragon Pendant

This badass treasure can be found in the area where you fight all the guards
and the mutants at the same time around the large wooden boxes. Climb on top
of the pile of five boxes against the back wall, then jump over to the nearest
pile of two boxes, and then finally jump to another pile of two boxes against
the back wall to claim this seadragon. A simpler way to do this is to climb
up the side of the boxes that the treasure is on.